Idol agency CEO under investigation for requesting inappropriate pictures from trainees
Source: YTN via Naver
An idol trainee came forward with a series of texts from her agency CEO where trainees were demanded to provide full body, front and back pictures wearing only underwear every Tuesday. He also requested weekly measurements of waist and arms. When a trainee sent the same pictures two weeks in a row, the CEO would catch it immediately. "When I asked my aunt if this felt appropriate, she said that the situation felt weird so I stopped sending it. I'm always worried about where my pictures might be leaked or being used in."
The CEO countered that it was a method to shorten the period of preparing the girls for their debut and that there was no s*xual intention behind the requests. "I wanted to maximize their ability to lose or manage their weight in a short amount of time for their debut, and it's a method that I saw being used in the modeling industry."
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1. [+272, -3] He's crazy. He's using the dreams of children for his own s*xual gains. I hope he rots in jail. And just as a public service announcement, these agencies will also prey on you for financial means so please report them as you see it.
2. [+90, -4] It's a crime to ask for such pictures, but if he indeed has shared those anywhere else, he's going to end up like Jo Joo Bin so he better stay nervous and wait for investigation results.
3. [+39, -0] CEOs like him need to be ripped out by the roots in the industry
4. [+40, -4] I can't believe stuff like this is still happening
5. [+35, -3] Men like him need to be thrown in jail! What a sad attempt at trying to s*xualize children to sell!
6. [+8, -0] Please release his name and agency
7. [+4, -0] He could've just had them manage their weight and take measurements every week at a hospital, why ask for pictures too? It's obvious to anyone that the request is absurd.
8. [+4, -0] The celebrity industry has always been known to be filled with thugs and criminals
9. [+3, -0] Why are specifically underwear photos necessary for people training to become K-Pop girl group singers? Especially weekly ones at that. It's surprising that stuff like this still exists in our day and age. I hope investigations are able to verify whether he's shared those photos anywhere else.
10. [+1, -0] I bet he was planning to use it for blackamil so that they're not able to leave his contract for other contracts ㅋㅋ even if he doesn't actually threaten them with it, it's enough for the girls to feel nervous about what he might do ㅋㅋ
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